The day passes slowly for Jason. The two hadn’t lied, most of what Helina wanted them to do came down to physical labor. No actual need to think about things. That doesn’t mean it rested his mind. Still, Jason did this to himself and so he doesn’t complain.
And of course, no matter how much time dragged on for him, night eventually a...
2025-04-02 12:42:48 +0000 UTC View PostBack in his room, Jason settles in for a long night. He was going to “fix” the title “Civilization’s Defender”. To warp things to fit his own view of civilization. After all, [Civilization] is one of his concepts.
Thinking back on the title, there are two parts that needed to change. Easiest is the whole concept of a “frontier...
2025-04-02 12:42:10 +0000 UTC View PostI have changed the Greatwyrm tier into a limited slot tier that allows someone to commission an extra 2k chapter every month. This is not a cheap tier, but it isn't limited to getting more chapters of existing stories. You can also use it to commission an entirely new story. The specifics of this are in the tier's text, but generally think along...
2025-04-01 08:34:28 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again I'm here to ask all of you for short story prompts! I'll take the more popular ones as decided by the number of hearts (or that I particularly like) in the comments and make a poll at the start of the month. The winner will be made into a short story of a thousand or so words.
Not many rules on what you can suggest at the moment...
2025-04-01 07:21:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Why?!”, a man raves as he walks down a busy road. “I did the training! I did the work! I qualify! They aren’t even canceling the moon mission. They just aren’t allowing ME to go on it!”
Despite how busy the road is, the man is making good time. Though that has more to do with the fact people are avoiding him.
“Obsessed...
2025-04-01 07:15:18 +0000 UTC View PostAfter that fun interaction with the antfolk, Gem continues to wander down the row of carriages. On occasion, stopping to observe whatever ca
After that fun interaction with the antfolk, Gem continues to wander down the row of carriages. On occasion, stopping to observe whatever catches their interest. Though as far as they’re concerned, ...
2025-03-31 09:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostTrap after trap is disarmed, one at a time. Progress is made, one patrol after another. Ruby looks at one of the group’s maps of the floor.
She sighs, “I think we’re about halfway to the lake at this point. None of the previous delves has taken this long to get this far.”
Jim shrugs, “And none of the previous delves bothere...
2025-03-28 09:33:11 +0000 UTC View PostDoctor finishes a check up on the rest of the party and nods. “We’re all fully rested, healed, and good to go!”
Jim nods, “Good to know.” He turns to the group, “Now, we know what comes of pushing too hard! This is not a situation where we have to push all the way to the end, no matter how much we advertised our delve. I am wil...
2025-03-28 09:31:28 +0000 UTC View Post{
Abhorrent Slayer - Having slayed those from outside reality, you are now better prepared to recognize and fight such threats in the future
}
Jason resisted snorting. Not that the concept of “abhorrent” beings was a complete fabrication by the System to target those from outside of System space. Though this title is certai...
2025-03-26 10:06:42 +0000 UTC View PostCleaning up after the last fight took the town multiple days. And while the end of the siege meant an end to the barrier, opening up the town to outside help. Which in theory should have helped. It didn’t.
Once people got word out that the barrier was down, random gawkers showed up to bumble around. Oh sure, an official from the kingdom ...
2025-03-26 10:05:20 +0000 UTC View PostCalling what June saw in front of her “just an inn” did a disservice to the establishment. Now, the locals weren’t as keen on tall buildings as people were irl and so it wasn’t too tall. Only four stories with an unknown number of basements.
Those four stories spread out over multiple blocks as one continuous building. Oh sure, it ...
2025-03-24 04:53:31 +0000 UTC View PostAnd time passes. Ace and Jim have their hands full, leaving Doyle with little to do. Well, except question his devotion to not expanding until they’ve seen his core once again. In the end, and after a few long chats with Ally, he does decide to stick with his decision.
But now it seems things are coming to a head. It was super clear by n...
2025-03-21 09:43:08 +0000 UTC View PostOut on the wall, Siegfried is in the middle of a massive fight facing the strongest undead in the field. There are others close to it, but nothing quite matches the Leng ghast he is fighting. It was honestly a bad matchup for him as the ghast was a caster.
Not that Siegfried couldn’t fight a caster, but on a chaotic battlefield where he ...
2025-03-19 11:02:21 +0000 UTC View PostCourtney notices the wisps in the surrounding area seem to be disturbed and turns around. There was something coming?
Then, through the spectral fog that had covered the area that spiritual cloud monster had passed through, out hopped Lily. “Huh”, Courtney poked Rosha, “Look who just showed up.”
Rosha turns around and is shoc...
2025-03-19 11:01:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe caravan makes it to the city and everyone splits off to do their own thing. And being a city, especially one so close to a starter town, it has most of what the four want. In particular, June has a time of it. She heads to the adventurers guild first as they have an information desk.
June, “Hello, I’m looking to expand my pool of s...
2025-03-17 09:24:21 +0000 UTC View PostThen Doyle had the new fox fight one of the old foxes. The results were...
Disappointing.
Doyle turns to Ally, ‘So uh, why’d it die so quickly? For a monster that costs more to summon, it sucked.’
Ally smiled, ‘If anything, I think it did quite well!’
Doyle tilted forward and dimmed, ‘What’s the trick?’ 2025-03-14 19:39:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The one thing the mage tower was having a hard time getting info on was enchanting. In theory, it wasn’t an advanced study. Just about anyone could do enchanting. You know, except for requiring masterworks to enchant.
A developed world wouldn’t have a problem with this. After all, dungeon loot counts as masterwork. Need to learn to enc...
2025-03-14 19:38:03 +0000 UTC View PostJust got the warning reminder email from Patreon themselves. If you subscribe or purchase a shop item using the Patreon app from the Apple app store, Apple's 30% app store fee will now be included. I do not see that money and all you have to do to avoid paying 30% more is to go through a web browser. That is a little tedious if you're an app use...
2025-03-12 22:45:30 +0000 UTC View PostOutside of the bunker, the defenders have their own problems. A cloud of spirits is attacking them. It isn’t a swarm or anything, rather more of a single entity constructed from an amalgamation of spiritual shards.
The cloud doesn’t even have that much of a mind. Or rather, it has too many minds, all fighting themselves. This was less ...
2025-03-12 13:32:41 +0000 UTC View PostFourth break undead don’t end up joining the fight until the fourth day after the town brings out their own. Though most of the strategists agreed, this wasn’t from a lack of ability. Rather, they were held back until a decent number of them could be fielded. After all, no use sending a single fourth break out when the enemy has many of them...
2025-03-12 13:31:56 +0000 UTC View PostOf course, as Merchant Silverwhiskers cared about being on time at all, they were nowhere near the last to be ready. That honor fell upon Se’llium and his fancy carriage. Which, despite the group’s prejudice against him, wasn’t actually his fault. The guards messed something up on their end and so held the carriage up while they got the in...
2025-03-10 10:51:31 +0000 UTC View PostDoyle stared down at a fox. ‘Huh.’
The fox is using the now familiar Wind Blade and Extend Edge skill combo, but there is something different. Though not in the way he wants. Somehow, this fox managed to also extend the blade. It was at the cost of the two skills separating at the physical level.
Days later, another fox shows an ...
2025-03-07 11:06:05 +0000 UTC View PostHelina smirks, “It is simple enough. Even when we had other travellers, they were all third break. And now? It’s just you three. So, the System isn’t going to keep this farce going once undead you aren’t supposed to be able to face show up. We’ll have a few days to prove we can handle the mess, but that will be it. Two days of testing ...
2025-03-05 10:52:32 +0000 UTC View PostSiegfried is about to go on some more, but Jason looks run down, “You know what? How about you go get some rest?”
Jason laughs, “I wouldn’t say no to that! Just make sure Courtney knows what is up and I’ll be fine. Anyway, I forgot to check my status before going out there, so I’m going to sort through that mess.”
Siegf...
2025-03-05 10:51:41 +0000 UTC View PostBelow are the full prompts as the poll doesn't allow the full text. In the case of ties the first option that got there wins. The short story will be finished by the end of the month.
Rocket Engineer - A Rocket Engineer who was not chosen to become an astronaut is reincarnated as a dungeon master/core. He does...
2025-03-04 22:40:35 +0000 UTC View PostMerchant Silverwhiskers shrugs, “Oh sure, even if my Body stat isn’t the highest, I’m a high enough level that even at the weakest I could out muscle you. However, there is a difference between being stronger and being able to fight. Also, you’re travellers so as dark as it is, you can die and come back.”
Gem nods, “Fair enough...
2025-03-03 11:09:32 +0000 UTC View PostWith the success of the Kickstarter, I was able to not only turn Banished Talent into an ebook, but publish it on both Amazon and my Patreon store page for $3.99. The ebook had a final round of editing done to it and I at least personally find reading an ebook easier. Now, if you buy from my Patreon store, I will get a bigger cut. However, I und...
2025-03-01 08:03:39 +0000 UTC View PostI repeat, this one is a bit heavy. So for those of you not up for it, I've turned off the option for the entire post to be in your email. Feel free to skip.
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I'm going to be honest, this was a long time coming. Things just kind of came to a head recently. However! I will not be changing how much I'm writing any time soon. I will...
2025-03-01 07:16:03 +0000 UTC View PostGem is about to rush out and face this so-called “blade gang”, but June holds them back.
With her other hand, June points past the crowd of charging bandits. “Stick with the group. There’s more to this than it seems.”
Now, Gem doesn’t see anything, but takes their friend at their word and joins a loose line of defenders g...
2025-02-28 10:52:01 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again I'm here to ask all of you for short story prompts! I'll take the more popular ones as decided by the number of hearts (or that I particularly like) in the comments and make a poll at the start of the month. The winner will be made into a short story of a thousand or so words.
Not many rules on what you can suggest at the moment...
2025-02-28 10:42:09 +0000 UTC View Post